HISTORY This Week
This week, something momentous happened. Whether or not it made the textbooks, it most certainly made history. Join HISTORY This Week as we turn back the clock to meet the people, visit the places and witness the moments that led us to where we are today.
The Forgotten Mentor Who Inspired Louis Armstrong
June 28, 1928. Louis Armstrong is in the studio recording what he hopes will be another hit. His career...
ListenThe Mutiny of Henry Hudson
June 22, 1611. It’s been a long, cold winter. Henry Hudson and his crew have been stranded in the...
Listen"Have You No Decency, Sir?"
June 9, 1954. Senator Joseph McCarthy has accused the United States Army of having communists within...
ListenJumping Off a High Dive on a Horse (While Blind)
June 14, 1938. It’s 8:30 PM at Lake Worth Casino in Fort Worth, Texas. All eyes are on a huge high-dive...
ListenInside the Nazis’ Supernatural Obsession | A Conversation with Historian Eric Kurlander
June 4, 1941. Reinhard Heydrich transmits a message to all regional governors in the Third Reich: prepare...
ListenHow the Whitman Murders Redefined the American West
May 30, 1855. Five thousand Native Americans come to Walla Walla to negotiate a treaty. However, it’s...
ListenA Vicious Beating on the Senate Floor
May 22, 1856. Charles Sumner isn’t worried about making friends in the Senate. His rhetoric is inflammatory,...
ListenA Teenage Girl Saves France
May 16, 1920. Tens of thousands of people surround St. Peter’s Basilica to honor Joan of Arc, a French...
ListenMcDonald’s Before McDonald’s
May 15, 1940. It’s opening day. San Bernardino, California is a city on the rise, and to meet this...
ListenCinco de Mayo’s Civil War Connection
May 5, 1862. The French have landed in Mexico. Napoleon III wants to conquer the country and assert...
ListenAmerica’s Cold War Obsession with Greenland
April 27, 1951. The United States has been putting pressure on Denmark for a long time. Because the...
ListenTrailer: America's Obsession with Greenland
HISTORY This Week returns with new episodes this Monday! We're kicking things off with a look at America's...
ListenA Concubine Rises to Rule China
April 27, 1856. In Beijing’s Forbidden City, one of the emperor’s consorts, a woman named Cixi,...
ListenIntroducing: What We Spend
Imagine if you could ask someone anything you wanted about their finances. On What We Spend, people...
Listen"Houston We’ve Had a Problem” (feat. Captain Jim Lovell)
April 14, 1970. Apollo 13 is a quarter million miles from Earth, speeding towards the Moon, when a sudden...
ListenThe Titanic’s First and Last Voyage
April 10, 1912. As the RMS Titanic pulls away from a crowded port on the south coast of England, it...
Listen148 Tornadoes in 18 Hours
April 3, 1974. Across America, many people wake up this morning thinking it will be a normal day. But...
ListenWas Ethel Rosenberg A Spy?
March 29, 1951. The world is waiting for the jury’s verdict. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg have been...
ListenRevenge of the Ronin
March 20, 1703. Today, almost fifty men, scattered around the city of Edo, Japan, are waiting to die....
ListenSix Men, Two Bombs, One Grave Injustice
March 14, 1991. The Birmingham Six have been in prison for 16 years. Each of these six Irishmen was...
ListenIntroducing: Campus Files
College holds a mythic place in American culture, but behind the polished campus tours and glossy brochures...
ListenFreud & Jung: The Original Dream Team
March 3rd, 1907. Dr. Sigmund Freud invites a guest into his office, Dr. Carl Jung. This is a meeting...
ListenHitler Stands Trial
February 26, 1924. 10 Defendants enter a courtroom in Munich. They are being charged with an attempted...
ListenTesla Electrifies the World
February 24, 1893. Most homes don't have electricity. And yet, one of the technology's pioneers, Nikola...
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